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• The Knight Arts Challenge hits the small screen

  
  
  

  Breaking news – beginning Friday, June 24, WPBT Channel 2 will air a 27-minute special showcasing the Knight Arts Challenge and its winners. Produced by Knight Foundation, “Ideas in Motion” gets inside the studio and behind the curtain with five winners of the Knight Arts Challenge. [...]

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• CityWrights Weekend: an opportunity for local playwrights

  
  
  

  Susi Westfall, City Theatre co-founder and literary director, created CityWrights Weekend, a four-day intensive program that focuses on practical, professional development and creative hands-on participation. The Weekend is packed with a full schedule of workshops and readings by master playwrights (Lisa Kron and Israel [...]

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• In celebration of Black Music Month: Icons Among Us

  
  
  

  By Gregory Lucas-Myers, Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History

  When the word “jazz” is spoken, minds tend to race one of two ways for artists to reference. When looking back, names such as Armstrong, Coltrane, Monk, and Davis stand tall with long, deep shadows. When [...]

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• Art online

  
  
  

  Loriel Beltran's "Damaged Work."

  Most people know Tigertail Productions because of the cutting-edge performance, dance and spoken word the organization both nurtures and delivers to South Florida. And rightly so. Since 1979, Tigertail has introduced local audiences to an eclectic mix [...]

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• Culture & quilting: Random Acts of Culture surprises Minnesota Quilters

  
  
  

  By Brian Woods, The Schubert Club—a member of The Arts Partnership

  Quilters & culture are a great match! Random Acts of Culture® took the Minnesota Quilters’ 33rd Annual Quilt Show and Conference by storm this month, surprising attendees & convention center staff with 15 [...]

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• Greatest person of the day: Dennis Scholl & Random Acts of Culture®

  
  
  

  The Random Act of Culture® love continues to spread. HuffPost named Dennis Scholl, Knight Foundation VP/Arts and Random Act of Culture® creator, its Greatest Person of the Day Monday, June 20. The HuffPost piece outlines Random Act of Culture’s intention (“Scholl wondered [...]

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• Island beautiful: art on Detroit’s Belle Isle

  
  
  

  Belle Isle is spectacular. The Detroit island park is home to dense woods, weeping willow-lined lakes, vast fields, dramatic views of the skyline and passing freighters, and some truly inspired architecture. The contemplative tranquility of its natural and man-made beauty also makes it a [...]

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• Exploring the future of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company

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  What happens to choreography after the dance ends? Miami Herald reporter Jordan Levin probes this issue in a recent audio piece about Merce Cunningham and his namesake dance company. Produced in partnership with WLRN, the story explores the legacy and future [...]

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• Explore the inner world of contemporary artists

  
  
  

  Open studios are not new. For years, artists opened up their world to others. Often when one thinks about an “open studio,” we envision the artist in their recently tidied space with brushes or other supplies neatly put away. But McColl Center for Visual [...]

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• XXVI: International Hispanic Theatre Festival of Miami

  
  
  

  The acclaimed International Hispanic Theatre Festival (IHTF) of Miami, presented by Teatro Avante, American Airlines (the festival’s official airline) and the Adrienne Arsht Center, is celebrating its 26th anniversary season with a tribute to Chile. The festival will present some of the best theatre [...]

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